Superdelegates Should Wait To Endorse

Regarding the role of superdelegates in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, Connecticut Democratic Party spokesman Leigh Appleby commented that "the notion they have the power to decide the nominee is simply not accurate" [Feb. 25, Page 1, "Backers: Tie Superdelegates To Popular Vote"].

What is accurate is that so many superdelegates committing their votes to a single candidate so early in the process, before people's votes were cast, is unprecedented. The Hillary Clinton campaign, and her friends who are superdelegates, have deliberately tried to make it appear the race for the Democratic nomination is over before it starts.

You wouldn't know from the article that Clinton leads Sanders 52 to 51 among delegates selected by voters with 47 states left to decide. Wise superdelegates should wait for voters to lead the way to ensure the final outcome reflects their will, and not the desires of a candidate who would prefer no contest at all.